Favorite Maine Campgrounds

x2 on Seawall campground. Not far from there we enjoyed the Seafood Ketch mmm.

x 2 on lobster buoy

we also liked bar harbor campground except that there was no access
to the water

When I head to Acadia, I always stay at Blackwoods. Love being able to walk over to the ocean and walk along the park loop road. The trail up Cadillac Mtn. is right across the street, although I might be able to do that anymore. I appreciate everyone's input. Any ideas for my return trip down Rt. 11 and into the interior of the state are welcome as well!

Steve B. wrote:
When I head to Acadia, I always stay at Blackwoods. Love being able to walk over to the ocean and walk along the park loop road. The trail up Cadillac Mtn. is right across the street, although I might be able to do that anymore. I appreciate everyone's input. Any ideas for my return trip down Rt. 11 and into the interior of the state are welcome as well!

Maybe I can help! Let's start with Presque Isle, Arndt's Nice quiet campground with a real nice view.

Near Millinocket I would suggest Wilderness Edge Campground There are a few others but they are more "family" locations (noisy). If you are up for a little adventure I would recommend Joe-Mary Campground. Located between Millinocket and Brownsville. They are about 4 miles off Rt 11 on a well maintained dirt road.

A good resource is Camp Maine. I am not sure how far south you plan to take Rt 11 but may I suggest picking up Rt 2 from the Bangor area south. Hope this is a good start.

Joe-Mary looks really interesting but it's only open until Sept. 12. That will have to be a summer trip. I'm doing my first fall retirement trip, after 30 years of teaching. Thanks for the other suggestions as well!

Never stayed at Blackwoods, but we tent camped at Seawall almost 50 years ago. Now that we have an RV we like our hookups, and have camped for several years at a waterfront site at the Bar Harbor KOA, which we really enjoy. Last year we decided to tour Seawall, thinking like everything else it would have changed greatly. To our utter amazement, we found our old campsite. It looked like we had just left it in 1968 - just as pristine as it was then! The CG was beautifully kept up, any occupied sites were clean and neat, and the rest rooms still well kept. If we were still tenters Seawall would be our choice. In 1968 I would drive the MG roadster into SW Harbor and buy lobsters right at the dock. When I got back Bev would have water from the ocean and seaweed boiling on the campfire and we would have a feast! Never had any better lobster - and you could still do it! BTW, we much prefer the "Quiet Side" of Acadia to the crowds in Bar Harbor...